Showcase your cutting-edge simulator in the ACC.25 Cardio Sim Creator Competition and pave the way for advancements in simulation-based education.
Join your colleagues at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL, and get the knowledge you need to transform cardiovascular care for all! You'll have the opportunity to discuss the latest science with top experts, learn how clinical guidelines translate into your daily practice, and build lasting connections with your peers. Register by Nov. 20 to SAVE up to $300 with early bird discounts and get all-inclusive access to ACC.25!
JACC: Advances is calling for papers for a special focus issue on "Care of the Critically Ill Patient in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit." Specifically, submissions pertaining to outcomes, therapies, ethical challenges or health system strategies in the field of critical care cardiology are welcome.
Transform the future of patient care by sharing your late-breaking clinical trial (LBCT) research with the global cardiovascular community at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
Jason Neil Katz, MD, FACC, is a critical care cardiologist and a member of ACC's Critical Care Cardiology Section Leadership Council. In addition to critical care, Katz focuses on heart failure and transplant cardiology. Kevin Buda, DO, interviewed Katz about his unique career path and what drove him to pursue dual training. Read more.
Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) is a growing field that requires specialized and advanced training. A recent JACC Scientific Expert Panel paper highlights information discussed at the inaugural Critical Care Cardiology Education Summit held at the University of Minnesota in 2023 and chaired by Andrea M. Elliott, MD, FACC. The Expert Panel aims to facilitate continued growth of the CCC field through adult education and curriculum design, requisite training necessary to provide high-quality care, and attention to a purposeful approach emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the field. Read more.
The ACC is currently accepting submissions of abstracts, complex clinical cases and interventional challenging cases to be presented at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL. Submit your research for a chance to transform the future of cardiovascular care by sharing your research with over 12,000 attendees from more than 130 countries. The deadline for all submissions is 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Don't miss your chance to be part of ACC.25 — submit your abstract or case today!
Updates to ACC's Chest Pain Center Accreditation are set to launch this October, providing facilities with the opportunity to discover cost savings and improve outcomes with a model that has streamlined mandatory requirements by more than 40%. Notably, Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center made acute coronary syndrome observation process enhancements resulting in an annual cost savings of more than $700K along with reduced length-of-stay. Interested sites can prepurchase Chest Pain Center Accreditation this summer to take advantage of ACC Accreditation Services' summer sale: 15% off your first payment and additional complimentary registration to ACC Quality Summit 2024. Learn more.
The demands on the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community are immense with chest pain accounting for nearly 8 million emergency department visits per year. To support this community and their tireless efforts in providing critical care, the ACC offers quality improvement (QI) programs through NCDR's Chest Pain – MI Registry and ACC Accreditation Services to support the path to providing the highest quality and most efficient cardiovascular care. Plus, EMS agencies can now access hospital metrics specific to the care and outcomes of their acute myocardial infarction patients, assess their own performance through NCDR eReports EMS and gain recognition through the EMS Partner in Care program. Learn more about ACC's EMS resources here.
The University of Minnesota Critical care cardiology fellowship is a one-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited critical care medicine fellowship designed for cardiologists interested in pursuing a career in critical care cardiology. Kevin Buda, DO, interviewed the program's director Andrea M. Elliott, MD, FACC, about what makes this program unique, how it supports critical care medicine FITs and more. Read the full article.
Join us Monday, April 22 at 8 a.m. ET for a case-based webinar focusing on managing cardiogenic shock. The webinar is hosted by ACC's Critical Care Cardiology Council and the Indonesian Heart Association, and will cover topics including the pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock management, the role of mechanical support, insight into real-world cases and more. Learn more.
The ACC and the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association delivered a webinar earlier this year that highlights the challenges and opportunities for women in critical care cardiology (CCC). This article provides insight on topics covered in the webinar from two of its co-hosts; Hannah Schaubroeck, MD, and Rosy Thachil, MD, FACC. Read the full article. Watch the on-demand version of the webinar here.
According to a study recently published in JACC: Advances, there is significant heterogeneity in current standardized critical care cardiology (CCC) training paradigms for meeting training and board certifications...
In a recent article published Dec. 4 in JACC, Carolina D. Tennyson, DNP, ACNP, AACC, et al., look at the education and certifications that could enable APPs to better care for patients within the CICU, subspecialty training and specialization, and the different ways that APPs can be integrated into the interprofessional cardiac critical care team to improve outcomes.
U.S. News & World Report recently released the 2024 edition of the "Best Hospitals" guidebook, featuring more than 2,000 hospitals, health systems and facilities participating in NCDR and ACC Accreditation Services.
In this episode of Practice Made Perfect, Rosy Thachil, MD, FACC, and Shashank S. Sinha, MD, FACC, continue their series, "Conversations with Critical Care Cardiologists" sponsored by ACC’s Critical Care Cardiology (CCC) Section.
Listen to Young Investigators "pitch" their Interventional Cardiology research ideas to a distinguished panel of judges and learn what tools are necessary to conduct successful research.
NCDR and ACC Accreditation Services offer multiple quality improvement tools aimed at assessing and enhancing the care of chest pain patients in facilities across the globe.
Be the Judge. Join us live on May 24 at 7 p.m. ET as we listen to Young Investigators pitch their research ideas in Critical Care Cardiology to our distinguished panel of Judges – Drs. Carlos Alviar, Erin Bohula, and Jacob Jentzer.
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology. The estimated duration of the commitment is up to 2 years from planning through publication and document promotion.
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology.
In an article recently published in JACC, Anthony P. Carnicelli, MD, FACC, et al., note the need for cardiologists focused on critical care, the skills required to be a contemporary critical care cardiology specialist and example curriculum that could provide a new pathway for trainees to obtain the necessary skills to work in this rapidly growing subspeciality.
The ACC is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Writing Committee Chair for a new multi-societal advanced training statement on critical care cardiology.
A new JACC Patient Care Pathways case provides an inside look at the pathway of a 37-year-old female who, while in labor, develops dyspnea, hypoxemia, and tachycardia, followed by an acute pulmonary embolism.
The first issue of JACC: Advances published on April 1. Led by editor-in-chief, Candice Silversides, MD, the online, open-access journal covers the evolving aspects of cardiology, including emerging cardiovascular fields, diagnostics and treatments.
"As a future advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology physician, I aspire to care for HF patients across their entire spectrum of disease. As such, I want to develop the tools necessary to care for HF patients, especially during their greatest period of risk and illness," writes Vanessa Blumer, MD.
"The contemporary cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) has evolved, as has the technology, knowledge base and skill set to care for CICU patients over the past three decades," write Michael A. Solomon, MD, MBA, FACC, and Robert O. Rosewell, MD, FACC.
